Christianity
A visitor to Speaker’s Corner gives his first impressions of the place
Today I met up with Ranj a new friend from Sweden who is visiting London (and Speakers Corner) for the very first time. His English is perfect so we were able to converse and join in with some of the debates… Read More ›
“Iesus Deus: The Early Christian Depiction of Jesus as a Mediterranean God” (book by M. David Litwa Ph.D.)
I came across a very interesting book, during my on going investigation into early christian devotion to Jesus (p) by author David M. Lita, titled “Iesus Deus: The Early Christian Depiction of Jesus as a Mediterranean God”. After checking the author credentials… Read More ›
In the New Testament, Jesus has a god (who is also ours)
Where does the New Testament say this? In these places. (The video is by unitarian Christian blogger Sandra Hooper.) I suggest that all Christians should carefully weigh this argument. (If you don’t know what it means to say that an argument… Read More ›
Did God sacrifice Jesus?
A beautifully produced video asking some brilliantly incisive questions.
JESUS MISSION
“Jesus is a Jew teaching Judaism to other Jews..”
(Reza Aslan)
Were the Disciples Martyred for Believing in the Resurrection?
Just published on The Bart Ehrman Blog. Ehrman debunks some unsubstantiated claims routinely made by evangelists. Over the past few years I’ve wondered how many of the disciples of Jesus came to believe that he had been raised from the dead…. Read More ›
‘O Christ-Worshippers’
In my ongoing study of the life and thought of the extraordinary Islamic scholar Ibn Taymiyyah (1263 – 1328) I have learnt that one of his distinguished students Ibn Qayyim wrote a famous poem called “O Christ-Worshippers”. It is rather good.. … Read More ›
Ehrman-Bass Debate: Did the Historical Jesus Claim to be Divine?
Dr Bart D. Ehrman met Dr Justin W. Bass on September 18th, 2015 in Collin College Preston Ridge Conference Center Frisco, TX Auditorium. Did Jesus really claim to be God? In an age of social media, skepticism and doubt, the… Read More ›
Christmas’s Pagan Copyright
Those who think “Christ-mass” season are time for Jesus (p) the Christ. Think twice. Pagan customs centering round the January calends gravitated to Christmas. Tiele (Yule and Christmas, London, 1899) has collected many interesting examples. The strenæ (eacute;trennes) of the Roman… Read More ›
A reality check this Christmas: the day, month, year of Jesus’s birth is unknown
First Things is a leading conservative Christian journal in the US.
Nabeel Qureshi’s ‘one inconvenient truth’
Here is a further exposé of Nabeel’s dishonest sleight of hand in front of an American Christian audience. In some small way I am familiar with the religious psychology of these people. When I was a Christian (yes a ‘real’ one –… Read More ›
Safe Jesus
Dale Tuggy is a unitarian Christian and professor of philosophy in the US. English sarcasm is not aways understood in America.
Elāhi Elāhi lemānā sebaqtāni? ܐܠܗܝ ܐܠܗܝ ܠܡܢܐ ܫܒܩܬܢܝ؟
One of the most fascinating gospel passage to me is where Jesus cried for God’s help on the cross. It was supposedly Jesus’s last utterance and amazingly it is still preserved in his native tongue of Aramaic: ܐܰܠܳܗܝ ܐܰܠܳܗܝ ܠܡܳܢܳܐ ܫܒ݂ܰܩܬ݁ܳܢܝ ؟ Elāhi… Read More ›
Nabeel peddling the same olde story..
Nabeel is studying theology at Oxford University so I was a little surprised to read on twitter he is still trotting out ideas his teachers would view as untenable. Will he never learn? Dr Shabir Ally and Ejaaz… Read More ›
Jesus’s argument in John 10
You think that Jesus was good. But do you also think that Jesus was smart? So smart, that you have to carefully weigh his statements and carefully parse his arguments? I do. In this post, I submit his argument… Read More ›
[Friday reflections] Worshiping Jesus is Idolatry
Idolatry, one of the worst biblical sins: We read in Exodus 20:4 ;לֹֽ֣א תַֽעֲשֶׂ֨ה־לְךָ֥֣ פֶ֣֙סֶל֙ ׀ וְכָל־תְּמוּנָ֡֔ה אֲשֶׁ֤֣רבַּשָּׁמַ֣֙יִם֙ ׀ מִמַּ֡֔עַלוַֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר֩ בָּאָ֖֨רֶץ מִתַָּ֑֜חַתוַאֲשֶׁ֥֣ר בַּמַּ֖֣יִם ׀ מִתַּ֥֣חַתלָאָֽ֗רֶץ Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any manner of likeness, of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the… Read More ›
Beauty
Interior view toward the apse of the Abbey Church of St. Michael’s in Hildesheim, Germany, c. 1001-1033 (painted wood ceiling c. 1230). Click through the photo for an enlarged image.
Applying the truth of Ezekiel 18 to Christian theology
Read this: Ezekiel 18
The Bible opposes Church teaching that an innocent man can die for your sins
A vitally important Biblical message for Christians. The prophet Ezekiel refutes apostle Paul. Read this: Ezekiel 18
Christian missionary says: ‘Follow the life of Jesus’
somehow I don’t think he will be following Jesus that closely!
Blogging Theology 